A new study has warned that Japan's whole population may be at risk from a huge volcanic eruption.
Sending humans in to space is set to become more difficult due to cosmic radiation exposure.
Evidence of relatively recent lunar volcanism could indicate that the interior of the moon is still warm.
Far from disappearing, sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent has been increasing in recent years.
The massive swarm of bees had been unwittingly unleashed by two men working at a house in Arizona.
An extensive new medical study has found tantalising evidence that awareness may continue after we die.
Despite the school being abandoned for over ten years it seems that not everyone has left the building.
The United States is keeping some of its nuclear warheads in case of an apocalyptic asteroid threat.
So much ice has melted in Antarctica that it has had a measurable effect on Earth's gravitational pull.
Author Russell Edwards believes he has determined the identity of the infamous 19th century killer.
Astronomers have determined that white dwarf stars can suddenly spring back to life and explode.
Astronomers have found evidence of water clouds outside of our own solar system for the first time.
Scientists believe that excess heat is currently being stored in the depths of the world's oceans.
Roboticists have developed a vast swarm of robots that can work together to form two-dimensional shapes.
Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
Police officers swarmed Herefordshire's Crown Inn on Sunday in search of the stolen Nanteos Cup.
Not all dolphins adhere to the species' friendly reputation as one man found out last month in Ireland.
The ocean turned a shade of black as up to 100 million fish swarmed the coastline off La Jolla.
The discovery in Iran of a tiny mummified body back in 2005 prompted rumors of an ancient city of dwarfs.
The counter-intuitive revelation is in complete contrast to traditional concepts of color association.